USCIS just released its most recent data available for I-829, removal of condition for EB5 applicants. The table below shows that USCIS has only denied 11 I-829 petitions, which is a very small percentage of all I-829 adjudicated in 2015. This is a great news for all EB5 applicants.

Petitions by Case Status Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

1 Petitions Received 391 437 768 2345 712 1217 2516 2767

2 Approved 161 350 274 1067 736 844 1603 1067

3 Denied 69 57 56 46 60 44 178 11

4 Pending 454 735 1167 2395 1013 1345 2075 4049

In 2015, USCIS received 14,373 I-526 petitions; USCIS approved 8,756 and denied 1,051. As of September 30, 2015, there were 17,367 I-526 petitions pending. Based on I-526 filing trend in the past two months, we believe the pending I-526s will be around 20,000 at this time.

From 2008 to the end of 2015 fiscal year, USCIS has approved 6,102 I-829 petitions and denied 521 I-829 petitions, or about 7.8% denial rate. This is not too bad for an 8 year period.